Federal transportation legislation mandates that all urbanized areas with a population over 50,000 must have a designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to qualify for federal transportation funds.

NYMTC is the designated MPO for New York City, Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley. NYMTC members are elected officials and heads of transportation and environmental agencies responsible for establishing and implementing transportation plans, projects and programs. Working together, Council Members develop a vision for the region, setting the direction for the organization and determining desired outcomes for their established regional goals.

How We Operate

NYMTC must undertake a transportation planning process specified in federal regulations. Organizationally, NYMTC is comprised of three regional subcommittees known as Transportation Coordinating Committees (TCCs) to address local needs and ensure proper coordination and consistency with formal requirements. In addition, member agency representatives make up the Program, Finance and Administration Committee, or PFAC, which is responsible for overseeing NYMTC’s day-to-day activities. NYMTC staff and working groups work with the member agencies and the public to further the regional transportation planning process.

TCCs

Three Transportation Coordinating Committees (TCCs) help support planning in the region:
New York City TCC; Mid-Hudson South TCC; and Nassau/Suffolk TCC.

Title VI Notice to the Public: The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) hereby gives public notice that it is the policy of the Council to assure full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. Title VI requires, and it is our policy, that no person in the United States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which NYMTC receives federal financial assistance.
Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint must be filed in writing or in person with NYMTC’s Title VI Officer within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the alleged discriminatory act or upon notice of the discriminatory act.

Title VI discrimination complaint forms may be obtained from the NYMTC website: www.nymtc.org or by calling 212‐383‐7200. If information is needed in another language,
contact: 212‐383‐7200 and Email: NYMTC-Web@dot.ny.gov .